Dr Amber Gillett
Research Fellow
School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
Journal Articles
McEwen, Gayle K., Alquezar-Planas, David E., Dayaram, Anisha, Gillett, Amber, Tarlinton, Rachael, Mongan, Nigel, Chappell, Keith J., Henning, Joerg, Tan, Milton, Timms, Peter, Young, Paul R., Roca, Alfred L. and Greenwood, Alex D. (2021). Retroviral integrations contribute to elevated host cancer rates during germline invasion. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 1316, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21612-7
Sousa, Leijiane F., Bernardoni, Juliana L., Zdenek, Christina N., Dobson, James, Coimbra, Francisco, Gillett, Amber, Lopes-Ferreira, Mônica, Moura-da-Silva, A.M. and Fry, Bryan G. (2020). Differential coagulotoxicity of metalloprotease isoforms from Bothrops neuwiedi snake venom and consequent variations in antivenom efficacy. Toxicology Letters, 333, 211-221. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.08.009
Adam, D., Johnston, S. D., Beard, L., Nicolson, V., Gaughan, J. B., Lisle, A. T., FitzGibbon, S., Barth, B. J., Gillett, A., Grigg, G. and Ellis, W. (2020). Body temperature of free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in south-east Queensland. International Journal of Biometeorology, 64 (8), 1305-1318. doi: 10.1007/s00484-020-01907-y
Barth, Benjamin J., Fitzgibbon, Sean I., Gillett, Amber, Wilson, Robbie S., Moffitt, Beth, Pye, Geoffrey W., Adam, Dalene, Preece, Harriet and Ellis, William A. (2020). Scattered paddock trees and roadside vegetation can provide important habitat for koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in an agricultural landscape. Australian Mammalogy, 42 (2), 194-203. doi: 10.1071/AM18031
de Gouvea Pedroso, Silvia Ban, Phalen, David N., Terkildsen, Michael, Blyde, David, March, Duane T., Gordon, Anita N., Chapman, Phoebe A., Mills, Paul C., Owen, Helen, Gillett, Amber, Lloyd, Hannah B., Ross, Geoffrey A., Hall, Jane, Scott, Jennifer, Ariel, Ellen, Yang, Rongchang and Rose, Karrie A. (2020). Coccidiosis in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Australia: Pathogenesis, spatial and temporal distribution, and climate-related determinants of disease outbreaks. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 56 (2), 359-371. doi: 10.7589/2019-05-115
Hulse, Lyndal S., Beagley, Kenneth, Ellis, William, Fitzgibbon, Sean, Gillett, Amber, Barth, Ben, Robbins, Amy, Pyne, Michael, Larkin, Rebecca and Johnston, Stephen D. (2020). Epidemiology of chlamydia-induced reproductive disease in male koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) from Southeast Queensland, Australia as assessed from penile urethral swabs and semen. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 56 (1) 2019-03-062, 82-92. doi: 10.7589/2019-03-062
Udyawer, Vinay, Barnes, Peter, Bonnet, Xavier, Brischoux, François, Crowe-Riddell, Jenna M., D'Anastasi, Blanche, Fry, Bryan G., Gillett, Amber, Goiran, Claire, Guinea, Michael L., Heatwole, Harold, Heupel, Michelle R., Hourston, Mathew, Kangas, Mervi, Kendrick, Alan, Koefoed, Inigo, Lillywhite, Harvey B., Lobo, Aaron S., Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi, McAuley, Rory, Nitschke, Charlotte, Rasmussen, Arne R., Sanders, Kate L., Sheehy, Coleman, Shine, Richard, Somaweera, Ruchira, Sweet, Samuel S. and Voris, Harold K. (2018). Future directions in the research and management of marine snakes. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9 (NOV) 399. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00399
Sousa, Leijiane F., Zdenek, Christina N., Dobson, James S., Op den Brouw, Bianca, Coimbra, Francisco, Gillett, Amber, Del-Rei, Tiago H M, Chalkidis, Hipócrates de M, Sant'Anna, Sávio, Teixeira-da-Rocha, Marisa M., Grego, Kathleen, Travaglia Cardoso, Silvia R., Moura da Silva, Ana M. and Fry, Bryan G. (2018). Coagulotoxicity of Bothrops (Lancehead Pit-Vipers) venoms from Brazil: differential biochemistry and antivenom efficacy resulting from prey-driven venom variation. Toxins, 10 (10) 411. doi: 10.3390/toxins10100411
Adam, D., Beard, L., Johnston, S. D., Nicolson, V., Lisle, A., McKinnon, A., Larkin, R., Theilemann, P., Gillett, A., Brackin, K., FitzGibbon, S., Barth, B. and Ellis, W. (2018). Recording body temperature in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus): a comparison of techniques. Australian Veterinary Journal, 96 (8), 308-311. doi: 10.1111/avj.12719
Johnson, Rebecca N., O'Meally, Denis, Chen, Zhiliang, Etherington, Graham J., Ho, Simon Y. W., Nash, Will J., Grueber, Catherine E., Cheng, Yuanyuan, Whittington, Camilla M., Dennison, Siobhan, Peel, Emma, Haerty, Wilfried, O'Neill, Rachel J., Colgan, Don, Russell, Tonia L., Alquezar-Planas, David E., Attenbrow, Val, Bragg, Jason G., Brandies, Parice A., Chong, Amanda Yoon-Yee, Deakin, Janine E., Di Palma, Federica, Duda, Zachary, Eldridge, Mark D. B., Ewart, Kyle M., Hogg, Carolyn J., Frankham, Greta J., Georges, Arthur, Gillett, Amber K. ... Belov, Katherine (2018). Adaptation and conservation insights from the koala genome. Nature Genetics, 50 (8), 1102-1111. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0153-5
Burnard, Delaney, Gillett, Amber and Polkinghorne, Adam (2018). Chlamydia pecorum in joint tissue and synovial fluid of a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) with arthritis. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 54 (3), 646-649. doi: 10.7589/2017-10-248
Lister, Callum, Arbuckle, Kevin, Jackson, Timothy N. W., Debono, Jordan, Zdenek, Christina N., Dashevsky, Daniel, Dunstan, Nathan, Allen, Luke, Hay, Chris, Bush, Brian, Gillett, Amber and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). Catch a tiger snake by its tail: differential toxicity, co-factor dependence and antivenom efficacy in a procoagulant clade of Australian venomous snakes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 202, 39-54. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2017.07.005
Burnard, Delaney, Huston, Wilhelmina M., Webb, Jonathan K., Jelocnik, Martina, Reiss, Andrea, Gillett, Amber, Fitzgibbon, Sean, Carver, Scott, Carrucan, Janine, Flanagan, Cheyne, Timms, Peter and Polkinghorne, Adam (2017). Molecular evidence of Chlamydia pecorum and arthropod-associated Chlamydiae in an expanded range of marsupials. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 12844, 12844. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13164-y
Gillett, Amber K., Ploeg, Richard , Flint, Mark and Mills, Paul C. (2017). Postmortem examination of Australian sea snakes (Hydrophiinae): Anatomy and common pathologic conditions. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 29 (5), 593-611. doi: 10.1177/1040638717710056
Barbosa, Amanda D., Gofton, Alexander W., Paparini, Andrea, Codello, Annachiara, Greay, Telleasha, Gillett, Amber, Warren, Kristin, Irwin, Peter and Ryan, Una (2017). Increased genetic diversity and prevalence of co-infection with Trypanosoma spp. in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and their ticks identified using next-generation sequencing (NGS). PLoS One, 12 (7) e0181279, e0181279. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181279
Cheng, Yuanyuan, Polkinghorne, Adam, Gillett, Amber, Jones, Elizabeth A., O'Meally, Denis, Timms, Peter and Belov, Katherine (2017). Characterisation of MHC class I genes in the koala. Immunogenetics, 70 (2), 125-133. doi: 10.1007/s00251-017-1018-2
Fitzgibbon, Sean I. , Gillett, Amber K. , Barth, Ben J. , Taylor, Brendan and Ellis, William A. (2017). Do koalas really get the blues? Critique of 'Aversive behaviour by koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) during the course of a music festival in northern New South Wales, Australia'. Australian Mammalogy, 39 (1), 108-112. doi: 10.1071/AM16016
Burnard, Delaney, Weaver, Haylee, Gillett, Amber, Loader, Joanne, Flanagan, Cheyne and Polkinghorne, Adam (2017). Novel Chlamydiales genotypes identified in ticks from Australian wildlife. Parasites and Vectors, 10 (1) 46. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-1994-y
Ellis, William A., FitzGibbon, Sean I., Barth, Benjamin J., Niehaus, Amanda C., David, Gwendolyn K., Taylor, Brendan D., Matsushige, Helena, Melzer, Alistair, Bercovitch, Fred B., Carrick, Frank, Jones, Darryl N., Dexter, Cathryn, Gillett, Amber, Predavec, Martin, Lunney, Dan and Wilson, Robbie S. (2016). Daylight saving time can decrease the frequency of wildlife-vehicle collisions. Biology Letters, 12 (11). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0632
Mackie, J. T., Gillett, A. K., Palmieri, C., Feng, T. and Higgins, D. P. (2016). Pneumonia due to Chlamydia pecorum in a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Journal of Comparative Pathology, 155 (4), 356-360. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2016.07.011
Neaves, Linda E., Frankham, Greta J., Dennison, Siobhan, FitzGibbon, Sean, Flannagan, Cheyne, Gillett, Amber, Hynes, Emily, Handasyde, Kathrine, Helgen, Kristofer M., Tsangaras, Kyriakos, Greenwood, Alex D., Eldridge, Mark D. B. and Johnson, Rebecca N. (2016). Phylogeography of the Koala, (Phascolarctos cinereus), and Harmonising Data to Inform Conservation. PLoS One, 11 (9) e0162207, e0162207. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162207
Gillett, Amber K., Ploeg, Richard, O’Donoghue, Peter J., Chapman, Phoebe A., Webb, Richard I., Flint, Mark and Mills, Paul C. (2016). Ultrastructural and molecular characterisation of an heterosporis-like microsporidian in Australian sea snakes (Hydrophiinae). PLoS One, 11 (3) e0150724, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150724
Davies, Nicole, Gillett, Amber, McAlpine, Clive, Seabrook, Leonie, Baxter, Greg, Lunney, Daniel and Bradley, Adrian (2013). The effect of ACTH upon faecal glucocorticoid excretion in the koala. Journal of Endocrinology, 219 (1), 1-12. doi: 10.1530/JOE-13-0123
McInnes, L. M., Gillett, A., Hanger, J., Reid, S. A. and Ryan, U. M. (2011). The potential impact of native Australian trypanosome infections on the health of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Parasitology, 138 (7), 873-883. doi: 10.1017/S0031182011000369
Wilson, G. J. and Gillett, A. (2010). Commissurotomy for improving access to the oral cavity of the wombat. Australian Veterinary Journal, 88 (7), 277-279. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2010.00586.x
McInnes, L. M., Gillett, A., Ryan, U. M., Austen, J., Campbell, R. S. F., Hanger, J. and Reid, S. A. (2009). Trypanosoma irwini n. sp (Sarcomastigophora: Trypanosomatidae) from the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Parasitology, 136 (8), 875-885. doi: 10.1017/S0031182009006313
Thesis
Gillett, Amber Kristen (2017). An investigation into the stranding of Australian sea snakes. PhD Thesis, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.695